Driver Loses Control After Sneeze, Hits river

[Kor37 9]

Driver loses control after sneeze, hits river.

 

BOSTON -An untimely sneeze nearly cost Andrew Hanson his life. The 42-year-old Weymouth man told authorities that a sneeze caused him to lose control of his pickup on Soldiers Field Road and plunge into Boston's Charles River on Tuesday.

Hanson was able to wade to shore after escaping from the truck, which was partially submerged in 4 feet of water. He was not seriously injured but was taken to a hospital as a precaution.

Lawrence Callahan of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation said Hanson told him that after he sneezed, "the next thing he knew he was in the river."

 

That must have been a heck of a sneeze!...

Edited November 19, 2008 by Kor37

[Ian Wood 1]

Wow, no kidding, and I thought I sneezed really bad lol.

[MrPsychic 1]

I've been driving next to a river and had to sneeze once. I tried to keep my eyes open the whole time, and then I sneezed. You know what happened? NOTHING

[Wishfire 2]

Driver Loses Control After Sneeze, Hits river

 

Is the river okay?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

If he didn't have a cold before, he most certainly does now after that winter swim.